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Originally Posted by Minnie
. Let's see what SRA (that's what I think was abt to look into the issue..?) does to help.
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Hmm I'm confused as well, how exactly will the SRA help in this case?
The Instructor seems to have made it clear that the average at 79 is quite high(well much higher then most of my econ courses). There also is a system of two TA markers per assignment, a luxury even I don't have in my subjective Social Science essay courses.
I guessing the problem has to stem from the notion that 2B03 was taken as a "Bird"course, albeit a more interesting sounding bird course then natural disasters or water or rocks. Maybe that is the reason people are unsatisfied that they are only getting a 7/8? As Sycoman said not everyone can get 12's A class average means there are people above and below that average; sometimes I guess we have to accept that?
The tag of bird course is something no self respecting discipline likes upon itself, even though I'm not in science I would be sad if something as ambitious as the origins project at McMaster gets labelled as a bird course rather then a venue for people to discover things they don't normally do in their theoretical pursuit of Professional Schools. There was a time in late 19th/early 20th when classes like these would be today's version of healthsci: Exclusive and prestigious. I totally wanted to take this course too, but It was clashing with my required course.
I have also heard that Natural Disasters and Gemstones got harder this year, maybe they are trying to loose the tag as well?
Anyways getting back to the point, the SRA is somewhat ineffective in getting short term changes done, we tend to do long term issues; as frustrating at it is, that's how it has always been. We can email the prof for you but our word wouldn't hold anymore weightage then yours, because essentially we will be regurgitating what other unsatisfied students are saying.
If you still insist the best person to talk to about this is Chris Martin the Vp Education at
[email protected]
He probably have enough influence to get some short term lobbying done.
p.s: Who is the SRA member getting involved?